This episode surprised the hell out of me. Since when was Kyosuke X Ayase ever a thing? It really blew my mind how out of nowhere that was, most of the time Ayase was there either as a foil to Kirino or comedy relief, never as a substantial character. And then for them to throw this curve ball and try to make Kyosuke X Ayase a "Thing" was just too random. Even if she had some emotional moments, most of the time, she was just around for comedy relief. I seriously didn't see this coming..

This episode surprised the hell out of me. Since when was Kyosuke X Ayase ever a thing? It really blew my mind how out of nowhere that was, most of the time Ayase was there either as a foil to Kirino or comedy relief, never as a substantial character. And then for them to throw this curve ball and try to make Kyosuke X Ayase a "Thing" was just too random. Even if she had some emotional moments, most of the time, she was just around for comedy relief. I seriously didn't see this coming..

I felt that way as well. It seems that there were even more emotions that Kyousuke had for Ayase but it was cut short from the novel. It didn't even feel like a harem/romance show until halfway through this season. The only thing that really felt like a thing before was Kuroneko kissing Kyousuke during Season 1 at the end. Most of it was just Kirino hanging out at Akihabara, writing a novel, meeting with the SNS group Saori is in charge of.

This episode surprised the hell out of me. Since when was Kyosuke X Ayase ever a thing? It really blew my mind how out of nowhere that was, most of the time Ayase was there either as a foil to Kirino or comedy relief, never as a substantial character. And then for them to throw this curve ball and try to make Kyosuke X Ayase a "Thing" was just too random. Even if she had some emotional moments, most of the time, she was just around for comedy relief. I seriously didn't see this coming..

There is a lot of the story missing from the light novels. Ayase and Kyosuke have been getting closer for awhile and when he helps her with something in the novels it was the turning point to make her really fall for him. The anime seems to have just skipped that part and went right to her telling him she likes him. There are only 2 episodes left. The way I see it the anime will have an ending and the OVA's might give alternate endings or something of that nature? I cant see them doing anything else with the time they have left.

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There are only 2 episodes left. The way I see it the anime will have an ending and the OVA's might give alternate endings or something of that nature? I cant see them doing anything else with the time they have left.

One more from the TV broadcast that airs next week then we wait until August for the finale which is three episodes.

Thoughts on next week's episode

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Next week's episode will deal with eight years ago, I'm just going to go out on a limb and say that it could be just one episode (two tops) to finish off the story, leaving the last three (or two of the final episodes/OVAs) up to the final novel (or maybe they changed it, but could be very unlikely.)

This episode surprised the hell out of me. Since when was Kyosuke X Ayase ever a thing? It really blew my mind how out of nowhere that was, most of the time Ayase was there either as a foil to Kirino or comedy relief, never as a substantial character. And then for them to throw this curve ball and try to make Kyosuke X Ayase a "Thing" was just too random. Even if she had some emotional moments, most of the time, she was just around for comedy relief. I seriously didn't see this coming..

There is a lot of the story missing from the light novels. Ayase and Kyosuke have been getting closer for awhile and when he helps her with something in the novels it was the turning point to make her really fall for him. The anime seems to have just skipped that part and went right to her telling him she likes him. There are only 2 episodes left. The way I see it the anime will have an ending and the OVA's might give alternate endings or something of that nature? I cant see them doing anything else with the time they have left.

There's a massive Irony to that because in the brilliant first season of Oreimo. In episode 8 when Kirino gets her own anime, the entire episode discussed the topic about changing an anime away from the original light novel to meet certain needs and how greedy, bad, and un-artistic that is. Yet for some reason, the anime still continues to shred the light Novel into pieces and not give it the respect that this show deserves. Every episode seems butchered and rushed without any kind of coherent consistency and omitting important factors from the light novel....Which was the exact opposite of what Episode 8 was talking about. I can understand if maybe they are on some kind of tight budget and I don't understand anything about the business of anime. But couldn't they at least put more effort into making it look like the Light Novel and then create a season 3 for the rest? I'm just wish they could do what they did in Season 1 to Season 2. I LOVE season 1, but I am disappointed in Season 2. Also I haven't read the light novels yet, but I will after the anime.